Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-05-13

suited me. lie axed me 500 fur his
place and was about tn cloze the
trade when the sheriff from Green.
vile rode up and levelled in the place
fur tax. Well sur, cum tu find out
the tax amounted tn $l37, so l got on
Toehead and made fur old Christian
l was skeered Ill / crossed the line
afrade they wood level on Toehead
ur sumthin nv the sort. Next place
| cum tu was Kirkmansville wher /
stade all mite with Press. That mite
he sold me sum fishin tackle that he
sed he slipped frum some gentlemen
that was down fishing this spring.
So l woodent be surprised If / had tu
gin EN- up tn the rite owners some
time. Press lowed If we wood git up
next mornin afore day we wood go
down the river tn his fish trap. So
he went and seed a feller by the name
NV Bill Lacy, Well, next mornin we
ketched our hosses and struck out
down the river about 3 miles tu the
trap. Don't make any fuss sez Lacy.
Why, sez /, ant 1t Presses trap? II
there's any fish in II, sez he, they're
ourn. Well sur, Ide went back frum
thare then i'll had node the way.
Well we hitched our HOSES In a
thicket and slipped down tn the trap
Mr.. Editure | never felts mean in
all my life before. / woodent a bin
seen in them fellers' company fur
nuthIn in the first place. And then
Just think NV the business we wer in.
But they seemed ttf be at home. The
trap was on luther side NV the river
and we had TO climb over on a ruff
rock dam. Well tho top was locked
on the trap and when Press priced Off
the top l node II wernt his. But we
had got out about 5 ur 6 flsh when
we herd sumbody cumin. Well sur,
the way we scampered across that
ruff dam was mazin. Press and Lacy
bein use tu 1t, crossed all rite and
safe. But / slipped and fell of rite in
the river where the water was bout A
feet deep, aud cold, don't talk. ]
wsdod out as fast as ! cud and jist as
| wer makein the bushes on luther
side, bang went pistol and down
cum that drafted Lacy hollerin fur
life. Run, run, squalled Press, and
we done SO, leavein Lacy squallin fur
life. AFTER runin about fifty yards ]
went tu jump deep banked muddy
branch and hung my foot in vine.
So down l fell rite in the middle NV
the branch. As soon as cud git The
muddy water outen my eyes | looked
round and saw rite at me tarnal
CRATE big cow snake tryin to git ouien
my company as hard as lie cud
Murder ! fire snakes helpl hollered
as loud as l cud ball. Well sur,
Press cum runin back and helped me
out la1n like something mighty
funny had happened. And 1t was
all he cud do tu keep me frum lickin
him fur lafln at at me rite thare. Ar
ter got out Press sez, lets go back
and sec arter Lacy. Well yu can go
If yu like, sez |, but l ant goin yet
yu bet. We got still tn listen and don't
you think we cud here him and sum
uther chaps lain kinder low like.
Press sed they wernt lafln but crying
and he spected Lacy wer ded. But l
node lafln frum cryin. And 1 begin
tn see how IL was. They had got the
fsllers tn shoot first tn try and skeer
me, but ! recon they no now they
couldent du it, when Press sed that
my Humdurgin blud was gitten up l
tell yu he begun 10 git skeerd sum
his self. Press went back tn Lacy
and terectly they cum back. Lacy
sed that he wer hit but wernt. So
they sed mighty little tn me but
cud Sc EN- grimm when they dident
no / was lookin. Well when we got
tn our hosses, Toehead dident nome
at all but / finely managed tu git on
the fool and we went back tn Presses
house. So he loaned me his Sundy
suite. Sed l cud send them back to
him and get mine when he had the
mud washed outen EN-. So don't
no what hes doin fur to 90 tn metin.
But Pme surprizen the Humdurgin-
ties with good suite every Sundy
since. / think lie keep EN- tn pay
the DRAFTED raskaI fur his smartness,
woodent you? Butt may take EN-
back sune and brake Toehead tn work
tn his buggie. But II / du I will
write yu and lei you no how l cum
out.
Mother and Malindy was surprized
tn see me cum home with sich guide
cloze on. Besides 1 can't make EN-
believe my tale as how / cum by em.
Now Pme most outen the notion
NV levein this beet but if yu here NV
a place yu think will suite me let me
no tn once. But l don't no whether
Malindy viii let me go tn look at IL
urnot fur she sez alers git intu sum
drafted scrape every time l git outen
her site. You no them widders tu
Dawsing last yer was the cause NV
me walkin home most drownded.
No more from yer friend til deth.
BILL RoGUs.